Thunderbolt is a woodenroller coaster located at Six Flags New England. Opened in 1941, it was designed by Harry Baker and Harry Traver, and built by Joseph Drambour.[1] Thunderbolt is the oldest roller coaster at Six Flags New England. It is also the oldest roller coaster in any Six Flags park (the Wild One at Six Flags America was built in 1917, but it was relocated from Paragon Park and has only been at Six Flags America since 1986). The single PTC train has 4 cars, and an individual lap bar and seatbelt for each person. An attendant has to manually unlock each car's lap bars by stepping on and pushing down a release bar at the front of each car.[2] Thunderbolt was dedicated an ACE Coaster Landmark on August 2, 2008.

The track, train and plans for Thunderbolt were purchased by park owner Edward Carroll Sr. from the 1939 New York World's Fair.[3] When it opened in 1941, it was called Cyclone; the ride was renamed Thunderbolt in 1964.[2]

Thunderbolt has recently been refurbished and given a new coat of paint.

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Six Flags New England
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Six Flags New England is an amusement park located in Agawam, Massachusetts, a western suburb of Springfield, Massachusetts. Dating to the late 1800s, it is the oldest amusement park in the Six Flags chain, throughout most of the 20th century, the park was known as Riverside Park. It started out as a grove called Gallups Grove in 1870. Prior to 1900, most of the parks patrons arrived via steamship, in the early 1900s, a few mechanical rides and a carousel were added. The park was purchased in 1911 by Henry J. Perkins who transformed the park from a picnic grove to an amusement park. He built the parks first roller coaster, The Giant Dip, in 1912, under Perkins ownership, the park continued to prosper and additional amusements were added, including a 300-foot-diameter pool that became known as Lake Takadip. The original Giant Dip coaster was replaced in 1920 by a new, a third coaster, Whirlwind Racer, was added in 1928. The Wall Street Crash of 1929 took its toll on the park, for the 1932 season, the park operated only Wednesday through Sunday, and in 1933 it closed. Several attempts to reopen the park failed and it remained closed through 1939, a drive-in movie theater operated in the parking lot from 1937 to 1939. Edward Carroll Sr. purchased the park in 1939 and after making improvements. Carroll is credited with rescuing Riverside and turning it into the largest theme park in New England and he purchased the plans and cars of the 1939 New York Worlds Fair Cyclone Roller Coaster and opened a new coaster in 1941. That coaster, now known as Thunderbolt, is operating at the park, the park continued to add new rides and removed some older ones. The theater and bowling alley were removed in the late 1950s, the 1960s was a popular period for stock car racing at Riverside Park. NASCAR began to hold events at Riverside Park Speedway in 1976, the winner of the first NASCAR-organized event at Riverside was Bob Polverari. In 1977, Riverside Park added its first looping roller coaster, the park continued to be successful throughout the 1970s, and a log flume ride was added in that period. In 1983, Riverside Park added its third coaster, which was also the parks second wooden coaster. The owners originally wanted a coaster exactly like the Coney Island Cyclone and it became known as the Riverside Cyclone. In 1987, Riverside attempted to build a white-water rafting ride called the Lost River Water Ride, plagued with problems, the attraction never opened and was subsequently abandoned

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Wooden roller coaster
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A wooden roller coaster is most often classified as a roller coaster with running rails made of flattened steel strips mounted on laminated wooden track. Occasionally, the structure may be made out of a steel lattice or truss. Because of the limits of wood, wooden coasters in general do not have inversions, steep drops. Once a staple in virtually every amusement park in America, wooden roller coasters began a decline in popularity for a number of reasons. Steel roller coasters, while having larger up-front costs, cost much less in ongoing maintenance fees throughout the years of operation, Wooden coasters are also becoming less marketable in todays media-driven advertising world. Amusement parks are always looking to add attractions that can be presented in commercials and ads as incredibly tall, fast, or extreme, however, the arrival of several new wooden coasters has bucked the downward trend. In 2006, a trio of giant wooden coasters opened in the United States, The Kentucky Rumbler at Beech Bend Park, The Voyage at Holiday World, another wooden coaster, Renegade at Valleyfair, opened in 2007. In Sweden Balder opened in 2003 and has received attention and appreciation. It remains to be whether or not these new coasters mark the beginning of a wooden coaster revival. The 1920s was the Golden Era of coaster design and this was the decade when many of the worlds most iconic coasters were built. This decade was the peak for some of the worlds greatest coaster designers, including John A. Miller, Harry Traver, Herb Schmeck. Unfortunately, the Great Depression brought the destruction of many of great classics. The popularity may have come to a closing, but that did not stop certain amusement parks from building scream machines again and again. Cedar Point built Blue Streak in 1964, a Philadelphia Toboggan Company-manufactured coaster designed by John C, after their success with the Racer at Kings Island, the Philadelphia Toboggan Company constructed another 9 roller coasters over the next decade. About half were small family coasters, two were racing coasters similar to the Racer, and two were out and back coasters with custom designs, one of these, Screamin Eagle at Six Flags St. Louis, was the last coaster designed by John Allen before his retirement. After these coasters, PTC stopped producing roller coasters, but continues to produce wooden roller coaster trains as Philadelphia Toboggan Coasters and their distinctive rectangular cars are widely used on wooden coasters around the world. A notable non-PTC coaster built during this time was The Beast at Kings Island, the coaster also had two lift hills which, while common for mine train coasters at the time, was uncommon for wooden coasters. Opening in 1979, the coaster was, and still is, after the surge in the 1970s, wooden coasters construction became stagnant due to the steel roller coaster being much more popular

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Roller coaster inversion
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A roller coaster inversion is a roller coaster element in which the track turns riders upside-down and then returns them to an upright position. Early forms of inversions, dating as far back as 1848 on the Centrifugal Railway in Paris, were vertical loops that were circular in nature, in 1975, designers from Arrow Development created the corkscrew, reviving interest in the inversion during the modern age of steel roller coasters. Since then, the element have evolved from simple corkscrews and vertical loops to more complex inversions such Immelmann loops, featuring fourteen inversions, The Smiler at Alton Towers holds the world record for the number of inversions on a roller coaster. The first inversion in roller coaster history was part of the Centrifugal Railway of Paris, France and it consisted of a 43-foot sloping track leading into a nearly circular vertical loop 13 feet in diameter. During the early 1900s, many rides including vertical loops appeared around the world and these early loops had a major design flaw, the circular structure produced intense g-forces. Loop the Loop, another looping coaster, was later in Coney Island as well. This time the loops were slightly oval-shaped rather than circular, though not clothoid in shape like modern loops, although the ride was safe, it had a low capacity, loading four people every five minutes, and was poorly received after the discomfort of the Flip Flap Railway. As their novelty wore off and their dangerous reputation spread, compounded with the developing Great Depression, the concept of inverting riders was not revisited until the 1970s. In 1968, Karl Bacon of Arrow Dynamics created a prototype steel roller coaster with a corkscrew, the prototype proved that a tubular steel track, first pioneered by Arrow to create Disneylands Matterhorn Bobsleds in 1959, could execute inversions both safely and reliably. The full model of the prototype, aptly named Corkscrew, was installed in Knotts Berry Farm in Buena Park, United States. Another roller coaster named Corkscrew, built in Cedar Point of Ohio in the same year, the next few years brought innovations that are still popular in modern coasters. The shuttle roller coaster was invented by Schwarzkopf in 1977 and realized at Kings Island with the Screamin Demon coaster and these early incarnations used the weight-drop mechanism to launch the trains. Built in 1978, the Loch Ness Monster in Busch Gardens Williamsburg became the first coaster with interlocking loops, the first Schwarzkopf shuttle loops with a flywheel launch also first appeared in 1978. Arrows Revolution, Europes first looping coaster, was built in 1979 at Blackpool Pleasure Beach of England, in 1980, Carolina Cyclone opened at Carowinds as the first roller coaster with four inversions. The Orient Express opened at Worlds of Fun of Kansas City, United States, in 1980, with the newly invented boomerang, in 1981, Vekoma invented the Boomerang coaster model, which became the most duplicated roller coaster ever. The first Boomerang was built at Reino Aventura of Mexico City, the Boomerang has had over 50 clones built worldwide from Doha, Qatar, to Tashkent, Uzbekistan. 1982 also brought the first five-inversion coaster, Arrows Viper at Darien Lake in Darien, the record for number of inversions was broken quickly in the following years. Arrows Vortex at Kings Island, built in 1987, was the first to have six, the next year, Shockwave at Six Flags Great America broke that record with seven inversions

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Roller coaster
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A roller coaster is an amusement ride developed for amusement parks and modern theme parks. LaMarcus Adna Thompson obtained a patent regarding roller coasters on January 20,1885, which were out of wood. In essence a specialized railroad system, a roller coaster consists of a track that rises in designed patterns, the track does not necessarily have to be a complete circuit, as shuttle roller coasters demonstrate. Most roller coasters have multiple cars in which passengers sit and are restrained, two or more cars hooked together are called a train. Some roller coasters, notably wild mouse coasters, run with single cars. Built in the 17th century, the slides were built to a height of between 21 and 24 m, consisted of a 50-degree drop, and were reinforced by wooden supports. Some historians say the first roller coaster was built under the orders of Russias Catherine the Great in the Gardens of Oranienbaum in St. Petersburg in the year 1784, other historians believe that the first modern roller coaster was built by the French. The name Russian Mountains to designate a roller coaster is preserved in many Romance languages, however, the Russian term for roller coasters is американские горки, which means American mountains in Russian. In 1827, a company in Summit Hill, Pennsylvania constructed the Mauch Chunk gravity railroad. By the 1850s, the Gravity Road was providing rides to thrill-seekers for 50 cents a ride, Railway companies used similar tracks to provide amusement on days when ridership was low. Using this idea as a basis, LaMarcus Adna Thompson began work on a gravity Switchback Railway that opened at Coney Island in Brooklyn and this track design was soon replaced with an oval complete circuit. In 1885, Phillip Hinkle introduced the first full-circuit coaster with a hill, the Gravity Pleasure Road. Not to be outdone, in 1886 Thompson patented his design of roller coaster that included dark tunnels with painted scenery. Scenic Railways were to be found in amusement parks across the county, by 1919, the first underfriction roller coaster had been developed by John Miller. Soon, roller coasters spread to amusement parks all around the world, perhaps the best known historical roller coaster, Cyclone, was opened at Coney Island in 1927. The Great Depression marked the end of the first golden age of roller coasters and this lasted until 1972, when the Racer was built at Kings Island in Mason, Ohio. Designed by John Allen, the instant success of the Racer began a golden age. In 1959, Disneyland introduced a breakthrough with Matterhorn Bobsleds

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Six Flags America
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Six Flags America is a theme park located in Woodmore CDP, Prince Georges County, Maryland, near Upper Marlboro, and in the Washington, DC metropolitan area. Founded as a center in 1973 by Ross Perot, ABC television operated the park as a drive-through safari called The Largo Wildlife Preserve beginning in 1974 until its closure in 1978. The property was bought by Jim Fowlers Wild Kingdom, thereafter the site was converted from a wildlife preserve into a park named Wild World gradually over the years. The America in the name was chosen regarding the close proximity to the United States capital. The parks history dates to 1973, when Texas billionaire H. Ross Perot, ABC television later bought out Perot and his partners and opened the park as a drive-through safari called The Largo Wildlife Preserve in July 1974, projecting 850,000 visitors a year. The initial projections that were expected never materialized, in 1975, the park added narrated tours through four-car 150-person trains. However, the failed to generate a profit. In 1976, ABC bowed out, citing massive losses, the park stayed open with a decreased staff in 1977 and was closed altogether for the 1978 season. Then at the end of 1978, the park was sold to Jim Fowler, in the 1979 season, the park reopened with the train tour through a safari and a small park with a childrens playground, animal shows, and a petting zoo. The park continued to not be profitable but stayed open summers through the 1979 season when Fowlers company bowed out as well, the park again was closed for the 1980 season. In the Summer of 1980, the park was sold to a group of local businessmen, the park added three carnival flat rides, two kiddie rides, and a merry-go-round. Also that year, the became known as Wild World. In addition to the few rides, four tube waterslides were added and this brought modest improvements in revenue. In 1982, four more flat rides, including a Ferris wheel. The waterslide area was expanded at the time to a water park with the addition of a couple more water slides. The parks attendance improved but the still was losing money. For the 1983 season, the animal drive-through safari did not reopen, in 1984, most of the adult rides were removed from the park and put in storage, leaving only three. Some of the childrens rides also remained, the park opted to move in the direction of being only a water park

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Paragon Park
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Paragon Park was an amusement park located on Nantasket Beach in Hull, Massachusetts. There was also a ski lift-type ride called the Sky Lark, a ride known as Turnpike Cars. Skeeball and pinball machines were favorite games at Paragon Parks penny arcade, vendors along the boardwalk sold fried clams, salt water taffy made in a pulling machine visible to patrons, hot dogs and other food. There was a golf course under the roller coaster. Today, the surviving remnant of Paragon Park on the boardwalk is the historic Paragon Park Carousel which was moved from its original site. It is now located next to the old station and clock tower. The rest of the site is devoted to condominium development, the Giant Coaster, built in 1917 and removed from the park in 1985, now operates as The Wild One at Six Flags America. A small miniature golf course is located on one of the sites that once housed a water slide. Dream Machine arcade is still in operation, as well as the historic Fascination game room

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1939 New York World's Fair
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Many countries around the world participated in it, and over 44 million people attended its exhibits in two seasons. The NYWF of 1939–1940 was the first exposition to be based on the future, with a slogan of Dawn of a New Day. To its visitors the Fair will say, Here are the materials, ideas and these are the tools with which the World of Tomorrow must be made. They are all interesting and much effort has been expended to lay them before you in an interesting way, familiarity with today is the best preparation for the future. Within six months of the Fairs opening, the Second World War would begin, in 1935, at the height of the Great Depression, a group of New York City businessmen decided to create an international exposition to lift the city and the country out of depression. Not long after, these men formed the New York Worlds Fair Corporation, the NYWFC elected former chief of police Grover Whalen as the president of their committee. This event turned the area into a City park after the exposition closed, edward Bernays directed public relations of the fair in 1939, which he called democricity. Promotion of this event took many forms. Howard Hughes flew a special Worlds Fair flight around the world to promote the fair in 1938, on April 30,1939, a very hot Sunday, the fair had its grand opening, with 206,000 people in attendance. The April 30 date coincided with the 150th anniversary of George Washingtons inauguration, in Lower Manhattan, although many of the pavilions and other facilities were not quite ready for this opening, it was put on with pomp and great celebration. David Sarnoff, then president of RCA and an advocate of television. On April 30,1939, the ceremony and President Roosevelts speech were seen on black. NBC used the event to inaugurate regularly scheduled broadcasts in New York City over their station W2XBS. An estimated 1,000 people viewed the Roosevelt telecast on about 200 television sets scattered throughout the New York metropolitan area. In order to convince visitors that the television sets were not a trick. As part of the exhibit at the RCA pavilion, visitors could see themselves on television, there were also television demonstrations at the General Electric and Westinghouse pavilions. During this formal introduction at the fair, television became available for public purchase at various stores in the New York City area. After Albert Einstein gave a speech that discussed cosmic rays, the lights were ceremonially lit

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Giant Inverted Boomerang
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A Giant Inverted Boomerang is a type of steel shuttle roller coaster manufactured by Vekoma. The ride is a larger, inverted version of Vekomas popular Boomerang sit down roller coasters, as of April 2017, five installations of the model are operating, with another one in storage. The first to open was Déjà Vu at Six Flags Magic Mountain on August 25,2001, Déjà Vu at Six Flags Magic Mountain has since been removed and relocated to Six Flags New England as Goliath. This was followed by the opening of a further two Giant Inverted Boomerangs named Déjà Vu on September 1,2001, at Six Flags Over Georgia and on October 7,2001, at Six Flags Great America. The opening of the fourth Giant Inverted Boomerang was delayed even more after the problems were discovered with the first three, stunt Fall opened on August 8,2002, at Parque Warner Madrid. In 2007, Six Flags announced the removal of Déjà Vu from both Six Flags Over Georgia and Six Flags Great America and they announced that the Six Flags Over Georgia ride would be replaced with a new themed area called Thomas Town. After the Six Flags Great America ride gave its last rides on October 28,2007, in January 2008, Silverwood Theme Park in Idaho announced on its website that it would install the Déjà Vu from Six Flags Great America with a projected opening date of July that year. They later announced Déjà Vu would operate as Aftershock, before opening at its new location, the ride was overhauled by Vekoma in order to make the ride more reliable. The ride officially opened July 21,2008, rocky Mountain Construction, an Idaho-based manufacturing firm, assisted with the construction of the ride. In November 2009 it was announced that Mirabilandia in Brazil had purchased Six Flags Over Georgias Déjà Vu, the ride was renamed Sky Mountain and is yet to open, but remains in storage at the park. On August 16,2011, Masslive reported that Six Flags New England was planning on building a Giant Inverted Boomerang for the parks 2012 season where the Shipwreck Falls attraction was located. An official announcement from Six Flags representatives was made on September 1,2011, confirming previous reports, on October 16,2011, Déjà Vu operated for the final time. At around the time, Shipwreck Falls was removed from Six Flags New England to make way for Goliath. Goliath at Six Flags New England was topped off on February 29,2012, Goliath opened to the public on May 25,2012. In 2011, the first new Giant Inverted Boomerang since 2002 was constructed, jinjiang Action Park opened the aptly named Giant Inverted Boomerang in September 2011. In 2014, Sochi Park Adventureland opened Quantum Leap, another Giant Inverted Boomerang, the Giant Inverted Boomerang is a departure from Vekomas earlier Boomerang designs. This model features a cable lift hill that quickly lifts the train up a vertical tower. Also, this model is larger than previous Boomerang designs, from above, the track layout looks like an X

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Suspended Looping Coaster
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The Suspended Looping Coaster is a model of steel inverted roller coaster built by Vekoma. There are at least 39 different installations across the world, the minimum rider height requirement is 130 centimetres. The first Suspended Looping Coaster installation was El Condor at Walibi Holland in the Netherlands and it was initially designed to run with ten cars in each train. Trouble with this lead to the trains being shortened to eight cars to a train. T3 at Kentucky Kingdom was the prototype model Suspended Looping Coaster. Like El Condor, it was designed to run with ten cars in a train, the ride starts by taking riders up a 33. 3-metre chain hill. Once at the top, the train goes down a steep, a roll over first features a Sidewinder quickly followed by a reverse sidewinder. Upon exit from this element, the train goes up a hill which features some banking at the top before descending and approaching the rides next inversion - a sidewinder, a sidewinder is similar to an Immelmann loop however it features a half loop followed by a half corkscrew. From the exit of this sidewinder, the train goes into a helix before entering the rides final two inversions - inline twists. These two twists are followed one after the other, a banked curve to the right turns the train back around to face towards the station. At this point some models feature an additional helix to the left while others simply continue straight into the brake run, the standard model also has a relatively compact layout, providing for footchoppers. Vekoma have also manufactured two custom Suspended Looping Coasters, Fly - The Great Noreaster at Moreys Piers and Jubilee Odyssey at Fantasy Island, many Suspended Looping Coasters operate with two trains consisting of ten cars, though some operate with as few as seven cars. Poorly maintained, poor track layout or most likely non-exact track manufacturing can cause SLCs riders to experience painful head banging and they also use very small plastic seats with little or no room for a person to move. Contrary to popular belief, the spacing on the trains adds little to the roughness of these rides. Vekoma is currently manufacturing new trains with convenient hip harnesses, unlike the first generation of trains, this modification will make the overall ride experience more comfortable. Vekoma also make vest-like harnesses that allow to rider to sit more comfortable riding. The only two places to have these trains is at Moreys Piers, and at Isla Magica in Spain. In 2012, Lethal Weapon - The Ride at Warner Bros, movie World reopened as Arkham Asylum - Shock Therapy. There are at least 41 different installations across the world which have been located at 47 different theme parks, yet-to-be-named 689m Standards are set to open in Al Zawraa Dream Park in Iraq and Energylandia in Poland in 2015

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Batman: The Ride
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Batman, The Ride is a steel inverted roller coaster based thematically off of the 1989 film Batman and found at seven Six Flags theme parks in the United States. Built by consulting engineers Bolliger & Mabillard, it rises to a height of between 100 and 105 feet and reaches top speeds of 50 miles per hour, the original roller coaster at Six Flags Great America was partially devised by the parks general manager Jim Wintrode. Batman, The Ride was the worlds first inverted roller coaster when it opened in 1992, clones of the ride exist at amusement parks around the world. The concept of a roller coaster with inversions was developed by Jim Wintrode. To develop the idea, Wintrode worked with Walter Bolliger and Claude Mabillard – from Swiss roller coaster manufacturer Bolliger & Mabillard –, the ride soft opened to the public on May 2,1992, with an official opening one week later. Although the full cost of the ride was never disclosed, it was the single biggest investment made by Six Flags Great America on one attraction, installation of the ride followed at Six Flags Over Georgia, and Six Flags Over Texas. In 2002 La Ronde amusement park, Montreal, opened a clone of the ride under the name Le Vampire, movie World Madrid, under the name Batman, La Fuga. As La Ronde is not a branded Six Flags park, the agreement with Warner Bros. and DC Comics for the name Batman. The La Ronde ride was expected to become Batman, The Ride when the park was scheduled to be converted to a Six Flags-branded park in the mid-2000s, however, these changes were never initiated. One of the last installations of the ride was at Six Flags New Orleans in 2003, the ride reopened as Goliath on April 18,2008. On February 21,2013, Six Flags Great America announced that their Batman, Six Flags Magic Mountain and Six Flags Over Texas did the same during the 2014 season. Six Flags Over Georgia and Six Flags Great Adventure followed suit running theirs backwards for a time in 2015. Six Flags Great America with Batman Returns Six Flags St, each installation of Batman, The Ride has a track length of approximately 2,700 feet. The rides reach a top speed of 50 miles per hour, Batman, The Ride clones operate with two steel and fiberglass trains, each containing eight cars. Each car seats four riders in a row for a total of 32 riders per train. Batman, The Ride begins with the track floor descending, the train moves out of the station and up a chain lift hill. At the top of the hill the train dips down through a Bolliger & Mabillard pre-drop, coasts down a 190-degree swoop to the left and it then flips through a zero-G roll, followed by another vertical loop. The train then travels upward around a spiral to the left, then through a wider turn to the right, drops slightly

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Coney Island Cyclone
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The Coney Island Cyclone is a historic wooden roller coaster that opened on June 26,1927, in the Coney Island section of Brooklyn, New York City. On June 18,1975, Dewey and Jerome Albert – owners of Astroland Park – entered into an agreement with New York City to operate the ride. Despite original plans by the city to scrap the ride in the early 1970s, Astroland Park continued to invest millions over the years in the upkeep of the Cyclone. After Astroland closed in 2008, Carol Hill Albert, president of Cyclone Coasters, in 2011, Luna Park took over operation of the Cyclone. It was declared a New York City landmark on July 12,1988, the track is 2,640 feet long and a 85-foot drop at its highest point, the first drop is at a 58.1 degree angle. Each of the three trains is made up of three cars, but only one train can run at a time. The rides top speed is 60 miles per hour and it takes one minute. From 2012-2015 the original Coney Island Cyclone roller coaster track was removed and replaced by track manufactured by the company Great Coasters International. The success of 1925s Thunderbolt and 1926s Tornado led Jack and Irving Rosenthal to buy land at the intersection of Surf Avenue, with a $100,000 investment, they hired leading coaster designer Vernon Keenan to design a new coaster. Harry C. Baker supervised the construction, which was done by companies including National Bridge Company and Cross, Austin. Its final cost has been reported to be around $146,000 to $175,000, when it opened on June 26,1927, a ride cost only twenty-five cents, about $3.50 when adjusted for inflation in 2012 compared to the current $10 per ride. In 1935, the Rosenthals took over management of Palisades Park, the Cyclone was put under the supervision of Christopher Feucht, a Coney Island veteran who had built a ride called Drop the Dips in 1907, and then doing minor retracking work on it. It continued to be popular, one of its many stories is from 1948. According to legend, he had not spoken in years but screamed while going down the Cyclones first drop and he promptly fainted after realizing he had just spoken. By the 1960s, attendance at Coney Island had declined, the crowds were getting more rowdy each season. In 1967 NYC decided that an extension to the New York Aquarium and its wholesome family, the city started procedures to claim the property by eminent domain. The then owners, East Coaster Corporation, tried to fight the city, during this time they did minimal long-term maintenance, and only enough to keep the ride operating safely. Their last court battle was the compensation for the ride, at one point they measured every beam, girder, and component of the ride to show the cost of materials was higher than the citys proposed compensation

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Dragon Coaster (Playland)
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The Dragon Coaster, Playland Parks iconic attraction, in Rye, New York, is a wooden roller coaster that was opened in 1929. It was designed and built by amusement ride creator Frederick Church. The Dragon Coaster has approximately 3,400 feet of track and is, at its highest, approximately 80 feet tall. It has a tunnel along its span, a feature of wooden roller coasters from the 1920s, that resembles the body of a Dragon. It has also featured in the film Fatal Attraction, Mariah Careys music video Fantasy. The Dragon Coaster is still in operation to this day, the Dragon Coasters boarding station is wrapped around the right leg of the layout. After climbing into the new Morgan trains, the operator pushes a lever to release the still used manual braking system, the trains roll down a short inclined curve toward the lift hill. Once at the top, riders are given a view of the Long Island Sound before plunging down an abrupt dip which gives the train a rush of momentum. The train takes a left and proceeds down the main drop of about 80 ft. The train passes a few head-choppers as it passes under the lift hill, the trains then proceed down a double-dip like drop. This momentum sends the train going into the mouth of a dragon, as they enter the tunnel, a roaring sound-effect plays and the eyes of the dragon light up. The tunnel wraps around the turn off the lift hills upper middle, the trains dip down out of the tunnel into a short straightaway, and then climb up into a turnaround at the far end of the left leg. The trains head back toward the lift hill turn portion. After a few dips, the trains reach another turn around and they trains proceed back out into the left leg for one more out-and-back trip before heading toward the boarding station. Riders exit the trains, which are blocked by the operator. The train then heads from the section to the load section. The ride was planned by Church to fit directly on top of the Old Mill ride. The rides dips are consequently placed in clearings in between the Old Mills tunnels, and some dips dive up over the tunnels, both are veteran attractions from the opening day, and have shared the same plot of land for almost a century